Ryan Hart is the Director of Product for the background check and drug screening company, Verified First. Verified First is improving the HR Tech industry by making technology integrations better within the recruiting and onboarding process and

Erik Kostelnik - Building a Side Hustle Start-up while you are the VP of Sales

Feb 20th, 2018 1h 1m

Erik Kostelnik is the Co-Founder and CEO of TextRecruit, a candidate and employee engagement platform that leverages text, chat and artificial intelligence to help companies hire better people, faster. Prior to TextRecruit, Erik served as the

Matt Schwartz - Behind the scenes of Executive Search

Jan 11th, 2018 1h 1m

Matt Schwartz started his executive search firm back in 2003. After looking for his next gig working in a search firm he quickly realized that he could go out on his own. Fifteen years later and growing his firm “one logo at a time” his company

Lane Sutton - This Gen Z kid, gets it!

Dec 19th, 2017 58m 40s

Lane Sutton started a blog when he was 11 years old and a decade later he is doing more in the employment branding and recruiting space than your entire recruiting and employment branding team on steroids. Lane gets it. He has worked with some

Jörgen Sundberg- Employee Advocacy & Employment Branding - The Ultimate Handbook

Dec 2nd, 2017 52m 17s

Jörgen Sundberg gets employment branding. He runs Link Humans, London’s employment branding agency. In this episode you will learn more about employment branding than any conference can teach you because we touch on metrics, real life examples

Ep. 33: Coffee, Coffee And Consulting

Oct 31st, 2017 23m 51s

Ben Martinez shares an update on Sumato Coffee Co., his plans with his consulting work at Secret Tech Sauce Talent, how guitar changed his views on entrepreneurism and upcoming plans with podcast guests specializing in employment branding. Th

Ep. 32: Zach Daggett - Specialty Coffee in Guatemala

Jun 12th, 2017 1h 1m

Zach Daggett packed his bags from Arkansas and went to Jalapa, Guatemala to start a specialty coffee shop, La Fabrica. Four years later they have a flourishing business doing small batch coffee roasting, barista training and offering wholesale

Ep. 31: What I have been doing - Sumato Coffee Co.

May 26th, 2017 32m 30s

Ben Martinez shares what he is been up to and why you should care if you care about coffee. Ben has been focusing all his time and energy into reimagining coffee in the workplace. In 1952, the phrase "coffee break" came about from a massive ad

Episode #30 - Comedian – Steve Soelberg - talks comedy, free speech & believing in yourself

Mar 3rd, 2017 1h 15m

I had the opportunity to meet live at Publik Coffee Roasters with comedian, Steve Soelberg . Steve is a comedian centered on making his audience laugh. He prepares his material without the worry of being politically correct and believes that co

Episode #29 - PluggedIn - CEO/Founder - Colleen Jenkins - talks start-ups, recruiting & life in her 20s

Feb 22nd, 2017 1h

With all the attention of start-ups going in the big cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York City - Colleen Jenkins has found her niche in St. Louis with PluggedIn. She has created a customized technology platform as a service as a sof

Ep. 28: Phrases & Words for 2017

Jan 29th, 2017 25m 46s

We are a few weeks into the New Year and I submit to say you have already failed at your resolution. 41% of Americans make resolutions. Only 9% succeed in making the resolutions and 42% never succeed at their resolutions. These statistics do n

Ep. 27 - End of Year Mic Drop 2016 - the history of the Mic Drop, 2016 reflections, why I podcast and looking forward

Dec 28th, 2016 32m 5s

The mic drop is a gesture of intentionally dropping the microphone at the end of a speech or performance to show triumph. While this episode will not be on the level of an Eddie Murphy mic drop from the 1980s, you will get a lesson on what a mi

Listen up! Episode #26 is about High Impact Listening by Tatiana Kolovou Senior Lecturer at Indiana University

Dec 4th, 2016 47m 26s

Listen up! Tatiana Kolovou, will give you a lesson on a topic that you can apply in any aspect of your life - high impact listening. Tatiana is a Senior Lecturer at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, she coaches and works wi

Ep. 25: Nick Symmonds 2X Olympian & CEO of Run Gum

Nov 20th, 2016 58m 3s

Nick Symmonds, two-time Olympian and now CEO of Run Gum. Nick’s intensity comes through in a strong way on this episode. Nick’s story to qualify for the 2008 and 2012 Olympics to run the 800 m, the lessons he learned from each of those experien

Ep. 24: Marvin Stickel - Director of Recruiting for Pandora on Talent, Life & Inclusion

Nov 6th, 2016 1h

Marvin Stickel, Director of Recruiting at Pandora- a music streaming company focused on enriching lives by delivering music enjoyment and discovery. If you haven’t heard of Pandora then you probably would not listen to my podcast, with all due

Ep. 23: Daniel Gogolin - Co-Founder of Joda Creative

Oct 24th, 2016 53m 36s

Daniel Gogolin, Co-Founder of Joda Creative - a content marketing agency based in Vancouver, Canada focused on telling stories. Daniel will take you on a journey from his early days of being a student in Vancouver Film School to finding a compa

Ep. 22: Kolby Kolibas - Creator of the Community - The Healthy Primate

Oct 15th, 2016 49m 39s

Kolby Kolibas, Founder of The Healthy Primate - Kolby Kay has been around. Kolby shares the different versions of his career from his early days of working with the 2002 Olympics to being an overweight sales executive at big companies like Dell

Ep. 21: Arne Giske - Host of The Millennial Entrepreneur Podcast, founder of Giske Business

Oct 2nd, 2016 50m 35s

Founder of The Millennial Entrepreneur and Giske business - Arne Giske - has created a community of entrepreneurs who share their ideas and stories about their entrepreneurial journey. No matter if they fail or succeed Arne wants to talk about

Ep. 20: Marie Schneegans, Founder & CEO of Never Eat Alone

Sep 20th, 2016 40m 37s

Founder & CEO of Never Eat Alone - Marie Schneegans- a company who was founded because Marie learned from her experiences at a big company that eating alone or with the same people stifles communication. Never Eat Alone’s mission is to create c

Ep. 19: Mei Siauw, Co-founder & CEO of LeadIQ

May 26th, 2016 46m 16s

Co-founder & CEO of LeadIQ - Mei Siauw - a company who was founded by serendipity that helps sales people build prospect lists, enrich leads with social profiles and prevents salespeople from sending spam emails by enriching their leads with so

Ep. 18: Gabriel Moncayo, Founder of AlwaysHired

Apr 22nd, 2016 49m 6s

Entrepreneur & creator of AlwaysHired - a company who inspires people to get the best job of their lives. In this episode learn how Gabe and his team at AlwaysHired helps people jumpstart into a sales career or helps people build solid sales sk

Ep. 17: Ben Takes The Mic - What is Next With Secret Tech Sauce

Apr 8th, 2016 22m 19s

Ben takes control of the mic to share what the plans are for the foreseeable future with Secret Tech Sauce. He shares why the delay in recording, plans with future guests and reviews three books - Seneca, Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and Sapi

Ep. 16: Angela Bortolussi Interview, Hustling Tech Recruiter

Jan 29th, 2016 48m 12s

Bortolussi is a social recruiting hustler. She shares how she recruits through nontraditional platforms, like Instagram and Snapchat, and the value that recruiters can gain from learning how to recruit there. She also knows a thing or two more

Ep. 15: Jia Jiang Interview, Author of Book - Rejection Proof

Jan 22nd, 2016 38m 12s

Entrepreneur & creator of the 100 Days of Rejection blog. In this episode learn how to experience rejection in a different way and apply them to your work in recruiting, marketing or selling. Learn Jia’s story from China to the U.S. and the rej

Ep. 14: End of Year Wrap - 4 Things We Learned From Podcast Guests

Dec 23rd, 2015 45m 3s

In this episode, Stephanie and Ben share the tips and tricks from this past year’s podcast guests and reflect on last years THREE anti-resolutions words. These tips and tricks are something anyone can incorporate into their own life as Ben, Gab